On Saturday 21st March, the City of Nottingham, and local groups Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill (NAIL) and People Against Incineration (PAIN), played host to a gathering of anti-incineration campaigners from throughout the country, when the United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Nottingham Voluntary Action Centre.

UKWIN is now a network of 110+ campaigners and campaign groups. Most were represented at the 2009 AGM, where they listened to guest speaker Peter Jones OBE. Peter Jones, the former Director of waste management firm Biffa, is currently waste advisor to the Mayor of London. UKWIN is grateful to Peter for his presentation, and for staying on to field numerous questions.

Peter Jones	Slide from Peter’s The Changing Face of Waste and Resources in the UK presentation

Peter Jones’ presentation for UKWIN AGM 2009, entitled The Changing Face of Waste and Resources in the UK, can be downloaded as a .ppt or as a .zip

Participants were also treated presentations on:

• How community engagement and the use of a magic pen forced a waste rethink in North Yorkshire

• The ongoing efforts of HAGATI, who are working to prevent Ineos Chlor from building an 800,000 tonne per annum incinerator in Runcorn, Merseyside

• The eco-toxicity of Incinerator Bottom Ash (IBA)

UKWIN’s Technical Support Team also gave a talk about maintaining and developing the http://www.ukwin.org.uk website.

These presentations led to a panel discussion that was followed by a campaign workshop with Friends of the Earth “Earth Mover Award” winner Keith Kondakor and UKWIN Coordinator Shlomo Dowen

The event was an opportunity for local waste campaign groups to compare notes with others from throughout the UK.